Daybreak

Over the summer, various groups of faculty, students, and alumni put forth demands for racial justice reform — SPEAR was one of those groups, asking Princeton to formally divest from the private prison industry. We talk to Anne Wen '22, who covered the petition for the 'Prince,' before chatting with Omar Farah '23 about a recent email from President Christopher Eisgruber '83 detailing the results of a cabinet effort to increase diversity across the University. Finally, Zachary Shevin '22 gives an overview of some COVID-19 stats for Princeton, other New Jersey schools, and one Ivy League university that made itself known for a bold reopening plan — how are they all doing? Find out on this week's Daybreak.

President Trump visits Kenosha, Wisconsin, site of a recent police shooting and resulting political unrest. The U.S. federal government places a moratorium on evictions through the end of the year, and Sudan's transitional government signs a treaty with rebel groups.

Chinese and Indian troops come into a close encounter in Indian territory, a hurricane pummels Louisiana, and colleges start the fall semester in a variety of ways.

Earlier this week, the Department of Justice accused Yale University of discriminating against Asian American and white applicants — we talk to two writers from the Yale Daily News at 3:25. Princeton handled a sudden change of plans for the fall semester — we talk to three writers from the 'Prince' at 9:15. Finally, we talk to Francesca Block '22, a features writer for the 'Prince,' on the eviction crisis facing the nation and what the Princeton Eviction Lab is doing about it — that conversation comes at 14:05.

Just over a month after Princeton announced that first-years and juniors would be able to return to campus for the fall, the University reversed its decision, leaving thousands of students with rapidly changing plans. We discuss the change after global headlines, including the explosion in Beirut, Trump's new pandemic relief push, and U.S. relationships with Canada and China.

We take a look at the ICE policy that could potentially keep a large portion of Princeton's international, first-year students out of the U.S., as well as a Washington Post ad that saw over 400 Princetonians throw their support behind Maria Ressa '86, as she faces cyber libel charges in the Philipines. Finally, we look at a recent feature from the 'Prince': How the Eating Clubs Went Coed, an insightful retrospective on the two-pronged battle to allow women into the last of Princeton's all-male dining establishments.

Read more about all of these local stories at dailyprincetonian.com.

Introducing Daybreak, a reimagined version of The News, our daily news briefing. With episodes every weekday morning during the school year and Sundays year-round, we'll give you everything you need to know to keep up with the 24-hour news cycle. In this first episode, we take a look at what Princeton's campus with be like in the fall and get the details on Prof. Josh Katz's controversial column.

In this year's final episode of The News, Boris Johnson announces a plan to reopen the U.K., Georgia's AG Chris Carr requests a Department of Justice investigation into the handling of the Ahmaud Arbery killing, and the U.S. plans to subsidize farmers experiencing overproduction.

The Justice Department drops charges against Michael Flynn, charges are pressed for the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, and the Trump Administration announces the results of a mass deportation order from the CDC.

The U.S. Department of Education updates Title IX policies, Israeli researchers move closer to an effective antibody test, and President Trump vetoes a power-limiting bill.